for the third time, YES! I am Psycho!!!
When it comes to trail running, I sort of envision this continuum — at one extreme is the moniker CandyAss with a capital C; at the other, BADASS. Yes, in all caps. … Continue reading
R-word smackdown by a yoga guru…
Don’t ya just love it when you hear something or read something at the time when you most need to hear or read it? Not a day late, not a … Continue reading
Pikes Peak Ascent: if at first you don’t succeed…
If at first you don’t succeed, ___________________________…. Saturday, August 18: I had 2 1/2 hours walking my sorry butt back down off that mountain to contemplate how I’d fill in that blank. … Continue reading
if you build it, they will come…
Barr Trail. Constructed in 1914-1918 by Fred Barr, this is the trail winding up the eastern face of Pikes Peak which we’ll take come Saturday morning, less than 4 days … Continue reading
Psycho Psummer ’12 – a tale of two loops … er, make that ONE loop!
Fourth trail running race under the belt for 2012. Yay! Returning to the scene of the winter Psycho Wyco — Wyandotte County Lake Park — I and friends Heather and Nichole laced up our trail … Continue reading
ready or not, it’s time for Psycho Psummer!
Less than 48 hours from now, I’ll have completed my longest trail run to date. Yay!! Funny: I figure if I stick this out there, it’ll be like an added … Continue reading
what does your gauntlet look like??
Hard to say sometimes what’s gonna push our buttons, isn’t it? What’s going to be that impetus, that mechanism, that deciding factor, that defining moment when the switched is officially … Continue reading
takeaways from the road .. and from the beaten trail…
When I started in triathlon 4+ years ago, one of the books I read and drew inspiration from was called “Slow, Fat Triathlete”. I thought about that the past few weeks .. … Continue reading
Grasslands 2012 … of blue skies, cow pies and mooooving slow…..
Completed my first trail half marathon over the weekend. Yay! Armed with a wonderful travel/race partner (thanks, Heather!!), plenty of road tunes, a stupendous weather report for race day, a stocked … Continue reading
2012 Psycho Wyco — Run, Toto, Run!!
Imagine if you will .. a bridle path. Imagine rain descending upon the park housing said path, loosening the dirt and allowing it to become mud. Now imagine horses tromping through … Continue reading
Trailing PB&J 